"But Abraham did not stop to question how God's promises could be fulfilled if Isaac were slain. He did not stay to reason with his aching heart, but carried out the divine command to the very letter, till, just as the knife was about to be plunged into the quivering flesh of the child, the word came: “Lay not thine hand upon the lad;” “for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from Me.” 4T 145.1 This great act of faith is penciled on the pages of sacred history to shine forth upon the world as an illustrious example to the end of time. Abraham did not plead that his old age should excuse him from obeying God. He did not say: “My hairs are gray, the vigor of my manhood is gone; who will comfort my waning life when Isaac is no more? How can an aged father spill the blood of an only son?” No; God had spoken, and man must obey without questioning, murmuring, or fainting by the way. 4T 145.2"
"By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,"
Both passages emphasize Abraham's faith and obedience in offering Isaac. The EGW passage provides a more detailed narrative and emphasizes the importance of obeying God without questioning.
"We need the faith of Abraham in our churches today, to lighten the darkness that gathers around them, shutting out the sweet sunlight of God's love and dwarfing spiritual growth. Age will never excuse us from obeying God. Our faith should be prolific of good works, for faith without works is dead. Every duty performed, every sacrifice made in the name of Jesus, brings an exceeding great reward. In the very act of duty, God speaks and gives His blessing. But He requires of us an entire surrender of the faculties. The mind and heart, the whole being, must be given to Him, or we fall short of becoming true Christians. 4T 145.3"
"For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also."
EGW directly quotes the phrase 'faith without works is dead' from James 2:26.
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."
Both passages emphasize the idea of complete surrender and offering oneself to God. EGW's call for 'an entire surrender of the faculties' and presenting the 'mind and heart, the whole being' aligns with Romans 12:1's call to present 'your bodies a living sacrifice'.
"God has withheld nothing from man that can secure to him eternal riches. He has clothed the earth with beauty and furnished it for his use and comfort during his temporal life. He has given His Son to die for the redemption of a world that had fallen through sin and folly. Such matchless love, such infinite sacrifice, claims our strictest obedience, our holiest love, our unbounded faith. Yet all these virtues, exercised to their fullest extent, can never be commensurate with the great sacrifice that has been offered for us. 4T 145.4"
"He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?"
Both passages highlight God's immense sacrifice of His Son and the implication that, having given such a great gift, He will also provide all other necessary things. The core idea of God's provision stemming from His sacrifice is present in both.